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Re: ABBR vs. just spelling it out.
From: Penny Roberts
Date: Mar 22, 2006 2:30AM
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Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> On 3/21/06, *Juan Ulloa* < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
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> My recommendation would be to spell it out, specially the first time you
> use it. Then, in future uses of the abbreviation, I would start using
> the abbr tag.
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> For every use of the abbreviation?
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> Why would you do this?
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> Why not simply stop using the abbreviated form?
Because the full form may be very long. I wouldn't want to read the
full form every time and I certainly wouldn't want to hear it every time.
Penny
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